Horrible boss? UK workers to reveal all in job quality survey

Poll comes amid concern record employment masks poor-quality, insecure jobs

Britain's worst bosses will have nowhere to hide under plans to survey the quality of jobs in the UK by tracking how workers feel about their managers as well as their mental health and sense of job security.

The government is considering measuring the quality as well as quantity of work, amid growing concern that the social and economic benefits of record high levels of employment are being undermined by poor quality, insecure jobs.

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